Technology Essentials

Technology or strategy

What comes first: Technology or Pedagogy? The answer to this question has been debated for decades, but at NYU SPS we believe that technology only enhances strong pedagogy. Step 1 lays the technological foundation and vocabulary for tools that will be addressed later in this toolkit. The two foundational tools to be addressed in this step are NYU Classes and Zoom.

Note: Once you feel comfortable with the two foundations, we will explore the Google Suite, PollEverywhere, and others.

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The Main Tools

NYU Classes

NYU Classes is our learning community's central hub for communication, content, and assignments.

Zoom

Zoom is our learning community's central meeting place for weekly class sessions, group work, and remote office hours.

Learn More About NYU Classes

Learn More About Zoom

Coming Soon

We will develop new guides for how to use the following applications before, during, or after your Zoom class sessions.

Google Sheets, Google Slides, Gmail, Google Hangouts, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Drive, Google Calendar and G Suite.

Google Suite

PollEverywhere

Kahoot

Perusal

To minimize the stress of navigating a Zoom session, consider: preplanning the sequencing of a Zoom session, providing course materials ahead of time, and opening all of the materials to be shared with students prior to launching Zoom.

To register for a NEXUS Zoom Essentials or NYU Classes Essentials Webinar, please visit the toolkit's Training & Support page.

take a deeper dive

Proceed to Step 2: Choosing the Right Instructional Strategies

This site was developed by NYU SPS Learning and Teaching Nexus following the NYU Remote-Instruction mandate as a result of COVID-19.This site is evergreen, and will continue to grow and develop. All requests about content should go to nexus@nyu.edu.

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